Michele

I = Irish Coffee!

A = Angel Food Cake

U = Upside down cake

When I was a kid, we played Pokeno as a family. It's like Bingo except with cards. Also, my siblings and I played the card game Old Maid with my grandmother. Every time she picked the old maid or someone picked it from her, she would start laughing. We all ended up giggling like crazy.

H = Hamentashen ~ delicious cookies made primarily during the Jewish holiday of Purim. My favorite is apricot!

V = Viennetta ice cream cake ~ yummy

O = Oatmeal Raisin Cookies 

12 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

I wasn't finished playing with that Pencilscript (Susan I like it as much as you do!) and this time I wanted to see what the script would make of a photo of a mill. The mill was mostly a dark color and I like the result of the script very much. It very much looks like an old drawing and I need birthday cards for (older) men. I had used this photo for my postage stamps and put that stamp on the back of the card together with my logo. This card has happy birthday in Dutch and I did a German one too; there are a couple of guys I have in mind for this card in 2024! The font is Sonia btw.

Absolutely love your ideas and the result.

On 2/26/2024 at 7:53 AM, Susan Ewart said:

YIKES!  that leprechaun was disturbing.  hahaha, hilarious.

I was right there with you! 🌈

16 hours ago, Sharla said:

I don’t know why I took a photo of three of the tomato packets

I like that you have all three as they each have different kinds of tomatoes.

You need long arms to get a good selfie with a group of people. LOL 

14 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

I wish I could keep them but I have no more cupboard space, in any cupboard.  I have kept about 20 of them.  It took an entire day of going through them to choose which ones would go.  They are little pieces of art that i can afford.  

Is that why you're documenting them now? It's a great idea.

12 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

I'm trying to get rid of most of the t-cups and will be the same for the t-pots and here I was in the thrift store yesterday with yet another t-cup and t-pot in my hands!

LOL. Oh, please don't get rid of them. Admit it. You love them.

15 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here's my childhood toy, a wooden red sled built by my grandfather, Emil Hagquist, who emigrated here from Finland in the early 1900s. I was born the year WWII started and there were no commercial children's sleds to be found in the stores as all the manufacturing was devoted to the war effort. This is an etching created by my daughter, Debbie Lennox, who actually played with this sled. Note, there is no steering mechanism; you had to drag your toes to steer. 😉

 

I was very touched by your story and your daughter's drawing. My eyes started to leak a little. ❤️ 

V = Venue

4 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Michele, this is really clever. Is it for the Divas?

Thanks, Ann. Yes, it is for Divas. When I run out of time I sometimes forget to add the group name. LOL 

I'm not big on so-called "reality" shows, but Survivor is one of my guilty pleasures. Like Carole, I enjoy the competitions and twists that the game presents. I also like seeing people from all walks of life interact with each other. The only one I missed was the first season. 

AnnieC, one of my favorite designers, had some freebies on her page which were perfect for this theme. The couple is from VectorStock and I changed the colors. The font is Parallove. 

This is a beautiful illustration by Maja Lindberg that I found years ago. I used Suz Shook's script, ss-BrushstrokesFrame2 script  (the Creation Cassel store has several of her scripts for free). The font is Bradley Gratis.

I had no idea what to do with this. While playing around with borders and shadows, I ended up making "stickers". At least I hope that's what they look like. I added the same texture to everything and added a drop shadow around the bottom layers only. The font for the text is Priscilla Script (from Deal Jumbo) and the font for the hearts is Beauty And Love (from Creative Fabrica).

18 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

A small project I've been working on to populate my new 32" monitor. I'm using the cass-painted-frames and I've made one for Cable or Streaming TV shows and a separate one for Streaming Movies. For the Movie one I went and found a film strip and duplicated it all over the place on top of the color painted frame strips. Here is one I did for my Friday Blue Bloods TV show and another for the film, Suncoast, which I will watch tonight on Hulu. 

 

Great job! I am so disappointed that this is the last season for Blue Bloods. I love this show. Let me know what you think about Suncoast...so much to watch, so little time.

R = Romantic

17 minutes ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

N = Niagara Falls (honeymoon travel)

Makes me think of the old Three Stooges sketch. "Slowly I turn..." 🤣

M = Maid/Matron of Honor

The top one is a redo of the original from 2017. In case you guys don't remember, the game has been reusing themes for over a year now. Since FB pic size has changed, I've been trying to adjust to that format while using some skills I've learned in the past seven years (within the confines of the time I have every day). I'm sure you can all recognize Cassel's corner punches; I think I have them all. The font for this year's is Abongia from Creative Fabrica and the older one is Reybro from Fontbundles. The magnolias and the girl are from so long ago, I don't remember where I got them.